Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
After finding out my flat stick was totally wrong I have found myself again shopping for a new putter. I was looking for an anser 2 styled putter but didn't want he cheaper cast model but a milled redwood or anger milled version,
It seemed from ping I was looking at £250 ish for a new one, or £125-150 for a decent used one. As a off chance I typed in milled putter to the famous eBay to see what other models come us that would be considered.
I stumbled across several brands and models and I hadn't considered and really took a shining to the Cleveland vp milled #1'p, which disregarding the steel of a price that I got it for was only £140 SRRP brand new, there were some even cheaper brands.
Now my question is when we look at the costs to manufacture and more importantly the component cost, why else can determine the inflated SRRP between other than coolness and also the staff players salary which comes from the profit from each unit.
Tale the two models in question, ping anser milled verses Cleveland vp1
Assuming both have true temper grade shaft - £10/£12 each approx
Assuming bother have aftermarket grips of equal quality -£ 4-5 each approx
Working on that both a milled from the same aircraft grade materiel to the same level of finish £10-15 per head
So with a component cost per club of pretty much the same cost, why should I give ping £250 for what I could / have purchased from Cleveland for almost half the price. Is it simply all the staffers salaries.... Or are the big names just tearing you a new rectum on every purchase.
Depending on how the new flat stick performs, it could see me look at their brand for a cf on irons when the some it right.
I'm interested to hear people's views, given the economical doom and gloom that's here,
It seemed from ping I was looking at £250 ish for a new one, or £125-150 for a decent used one. As a off chance I typed in milled putter to the famous eBay to see what other models come us that would be considered.
I stumbled across several brands and models and I hadn't considered and really took a shining to the Cleveland vp milled #1'p, which disregarding the steel of a price that I got it for was only £140 SRRP brand new, there were some even cheaper brands.
Now my question is when we look at the costs to manufacture and more importantly the component cost, why else can determine the inflated SRRP between other than coolness and also the staff players salary which comes from the profit from each unit.
Tale the two models in question, ping anser milled verses Cleveland vp1
Assuming both have true temper grade shaft - £10/£12 each approx
Assuming bother have aftermarket grips of equal quality -£ 4-5 each approx
Working on that both a milled from the same aircraft grade materiel to the same level of finish £10-15 per head
So with a component cost per club of pretty much the same cost, why should I give ping £250 for what I could / have purchased from Cleveland for almost half the price. Is it simply all the staffers salaries.... Or are the big names just tearing you a new rectum on every purchase.
Depending on how the new flat stick performs, it could see me look at their brand for a cf on irons when the some it right.
I'm interested to hear people's views, given the economical doom and gloom that's here,
